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Tunisia, Libya Tighten Brotherly Ties

This story ran at eurasiareview.com, “Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visited Libya on Monday (January 2nd) for bilateral talks on several issues, including the prosecution of former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi…

ICC says Muammar Gaddafi killing may be war crime

The International criminal court’s chief prosecutor stated that , ‘the death of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi “creates suspicions” of war crimes’.  As said in BBC News, “The National Transitional…

Libya frees 88 Islamists, to demolish prison

[Times Live]–  Libya on Thursday freed 88 Islamists and announced it will demolish Abu Slim prison, notorious for what human rights groups say was a 1996 massacre in which more…

Gaddafi to Tuareg: “Go Ahead and Enter Niger in Peace”

[The Tripoli Post]–  At this very moment, there are 1,100 fighters who have laid down their arms in Agades (in Niger). They are listening to us right now and waiting…

Gaddafi urges southern alliance

[News24]–  Muammar Gaddafi and Hugo Chavez urged nearly 30 leaders from throughout Africa and South America on Saturday to form a strong intercontinental alliance to make the two regions a…

Jack Straw admits Lockerbie bomber’s release was linked to oil

Jack Straw has reignited the row over the release of the Lockerbie bomber by admitting for the first time that trade and oil were an essential part of the Government’s…

Medical advice on Libyan bomber ‘in doubt’

Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill was last night under pressure to reveal more details of the medical evidence that led to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, after it emerged that only…

Lockerbie bomber decision leaves SNP facing censure from furious opposition

Alex Salmond’s Scottish government is facing an embarrassing vote of censure after the crisis over its controversial decision to free the Lockerbie bomber deepened today. Furious opposition leaders have forced Salmond…

Lockerbie bomber: Lord Mandelson faces new questions over Libya links

The Business Secretary denied that the Government had done a deal to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 terrorist atrocity that claimed 270 lives.…

Switzerland apologises to Libya

Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz has apologised in Tripoli for the arrest in 2008 of one of the sons of the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. Two Swiss businessmen currently detained in…

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